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Examines the differences between adult and young readers. Writers who produce books read by both sets of readers; Differences in attitudes; Themes that will engage the emotions and sympathies of both young and adult readers.

Adults greatly influence a child's attitude toward reading. When a child sees an adult reading, or when the adult shares a book with a child, they are sending a message that reading is important. Adults should encourage the child to be a word detective and search for the words as they read the...

In the past 30 or 40 years there has been much discussion of objective formulas to measure the readability of texts. These formulas measure variables such as sentence length and familiarity of vocabulary, but do not define the actual features of texts which make them easy or hard to read. In...

Presents a suggestion for those involved in adult literacy education on the appropriateness of children's literature for adult readers. Difficulties encountered in teaching adults to read; Evaluating the appropriateness of individual books; Suggestions for asking questions that invite dialogue.

The article presents the bosacks.com-posted headline "If You Choose Your Own New, You'll Be Less Well Read," picked up from "Observer" columnist Peter Preston who argued that digital readers are more narrowcast than those of the more worldly print.